Women, Power, and Property: The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India

ISBN-13: 9781108835824 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 433 str.

Rachel E. Brule

Opis

Cutting-edge research from India finds bargaining power predicts whether electoral quotas can empower women to upend economic inequality.

Recenzje

'… this book offers a conceptually nuanced and methodologically innovative analysis of gendered land rights. It thereby adds a new dimension to understandings of the determinants of the quality of democracy in India, and potentially elsewhere too.' Narendra Subramanian, Perspectives on Politics

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. A theory of political representation and economic agency; 3. Property and power: a political history of the Hindu joint family; 4. Where are the women? Investigating reform's roots; 5. The politics of property rights enforcement; 6. The long arm of resistance: refusal to care for parents; 7. Representation and violence: gender equality and sex selection; 8. Conclusion.